Collective learning

Definition

Collective learning can refer to different concepts:

• It is sometimes used as a global term for everything that is cooperative, collaborative, etc.
• It can refer to pedagogical designs that feature collective intelligence, i.e. some sorts of sharing activities like it often happens in project-oriented learning designs where teams work on their own project but sometimes must engage in exchange activities.

References

de Laat, Maarten and Robert-Jan Simons, Collective learning: Theoretical perspectives and ways to suppport netowrked learning, Vocational Training, 27. PDF